Jean Auguste Berthaut

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Jean Auguste Berthaut (29 March 1817 – 24 December 1881) was a French soldier and politician.

He graduated from Saint Cyr in 1837. He was promoted to Brigadier general July 1870.

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References

↑ "Gen. Jean Auguste Berthaut" (PDF). The New York Times. December 27, 1881.
↑ Thompson Cooper (1879). Men of the time: a dictionary of contemporaries, containing biographical notices of eminent characters of both sexes. G. Routledge.

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Preceded by Ernest Courtot de Cissey	Minister of War 15 August 1876 – 23 November 1877	Succeeded by Gaétan de Grimaudet de Rochebouët

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[1] "Gen. Jean Auguste Berthaut" (PDF). The New York Times. December 27, 1881.

[2] Thompson Cooper (1879). Men of the time: a dictionary of contemporaries, containing biographical notices of eminent characters of both sexes. G. Routledge.